Greetings ,
My name is Mohammad Ameen and I am a IT Team Lead at Moxie It Inc. Moxie It Inc is a global contingency staffing firm servicing fortune 1000 clients across North America, Europe, and Asia. We have an excellent job opportunity with one of our clients
Job Title: Senior Business Analyst 5
Location: Lansing MI
Duration: 12 Plus Months
Seeking a Senior Business Analyst to assist with the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) Grants Management System known as NexSys. The MDE Grants Management System is comprised of about 130-140 different grant applications that is responsible for over 2 billion dollars of payments to state educational entities.
Business Analyst
We are looking for someone who understands and has experience with the software development lifecycle as they will be managing work requests to support operational support needs for web applications and gather requirements for project initiatives. This role is the liaison between the technical team and the business client. This will be about 90% of the time for this resource. This is a senior position so the selected candidate will possess leadership skills including but not limited to the ability to delegate tasks to the team, effective communication and being able to lead a team of business analysts and be comfortable leading requirement meetings with business and other technical resources.
Tasks:
• Facilitates meetings with the technical team and business client.
• Gathers requirements and project specifications by leading requirement sessions independently
• Maintain backlog of work items in Azure DevOps
• Manage project tasks, timelines, and communication between business product owner and development team associated with the Change Management lifecycle
• Track sprints and ticket progress in Azure DevOps
• Ensures the team is adhering to the department change management policies
• Acts as a liaison with State of Michigan auditors
• Maintains documentation on the project SharePoint Site.
• Must be detail oriented and a critical thinker
• Provide management with information such as project status reports and resource demand projections.
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Skill
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Required / Desired
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Required Years of experience
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Exposure to Complex IT web Applications, within the past 5 years
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Required
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5 Years
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Experience in gathering and documenting business requirements
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Required
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5 Years
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Experience in a role, as a business analyst, supporting a software development project, in the past 5 years
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Required
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5 Years
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Ability to lead meetings, conduct training & information sessions, communicate at a level appropriate to the audience, make oral and written reports and presentations
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Required
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5 Years
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Proficiency with MS Office
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Required
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3 Years
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Experience working as a liaison between the development team and project manager or business client in a software development project
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Required
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2 Years
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Experience with Azure DevOps; including creating User Stories and queries
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Required
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1 Year
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Knowledge and understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle
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Highly Desired
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2 Years
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Project management skills and knowledge in project management and related methodologies
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Highly Desired
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6 Months
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Experience with Microsoft SharePoint
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Highly Desired
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6 Months
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Mohammad Ameen
IT Team Lead.
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: 703-574-3059
44025 Pipeline Plaza #110 Ashburn VA 20147
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